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Schubert prepares with ice west/wrists
"Staying cool in 80+ F heat with suffocating humidity might be the difference between making finals or going home empty handed. Would be shocked if this guy didn't make the finals..."
Jernej Kruder sends Martin Krpan (9a) sans knee pads
Jernej Kruder, who won the Boulder World Cup in 2018, has done Martin Krpan (9a) in Mišja Peč. “I would like to expose something here: I spent many tries on t…
Welcome to Vertical-Life Web
Six years after partnering with 8a.nu, we’re excited to announce the unification of the 8a.nu website and the Vertical-Life app into a single platform: Vertical…
Will Bosi repeats Return of the Sleepwalker (9A)
William Bosi has made the second ascent of Daniel Woods’ Return of the Sleepwalker (9A) in Black Velvet Canyon, after projecting it for 12 sessions. This was th…
Most ascents by top-ranked
1 435 Rafael Passos, 1 124 Adam Ondra, 843 Jamie Emerson, 817 David Graham, 785 Daniel Woods, 692 James Webb, 675 Ramon Julian, 649 Mathieu Bouyoud, 645 Jon Cardwell, 638 Nick Duttle, 623 Jon Glassberg, 596 Chris Zehani, 560 Brion Voges, 556 Jerney Kruder, 502 Joey Kinder Did we forget any?
8c slab by Paige Claasen
Jon Glassberg who has been around making films with many of the top guys during the many years reports on Facebook, "Paige Claassen just sent one of the worlds hardest slabs! "Art Attack (8c) at Sasso Remeno, Italy! 2nd ascent since the FA in 2004! I could not even believe my eyes. Nearly the last…
Glassberg sets the bar at 8C
Jon Glassberg has a personal best of 8B but he is aiming for The Big Island 8C in Fontainebleau. Read his blog on La Sportiva describing his process and plan wh…
Most ascents by top-ranked
1 435 Rafael Passos, 1 124 Adam Ondra, 843 Jamie Emerson, 817 David Graham, 785 Daniel Woods, 692 James Webb, 675 Ramon Julian, 649 Mathieu Bouyoud, 645 Jon Cardwell, 638 Nick Duttle, 623 Jon Glassberg, 596 Chris Zehani, 560 Brion Voges, 556 Jerney Kruder, 502 Joey Kinder Did we forget any?
8c slab by Paige Claasen
Jon Glassberg who has been around making films with many of the top guys during the many years reports on Facebook, "Paige Claassen just sent one of the worlds hardest slabs! "Art Attack (8c) at Sasso Remeno, Italy! 2nd ascent since the FA in 2004! I could not even believe my eyes. Nearly the last…
Glassberg sets the bar at 8C
Jon Glassberg has a personal best of 8B but he is aiming for The Big Island 8C in Fontainebleau. Read his blog on La Sportiva describing his process and plan wh…
Katie Lamb makes history
Katie Lamb has become the first woman to climb 8C+ by completing Box Therapy (8C) in RMNP. Daniel Woods made the FA back in 2018, and only Drew Ruana and Sean B…
Schubert sends Project Big during his 6th Live attempt
"It was dramatic to the very end." On the 8a finish of Project Big in Flatanger, Jakob Schubert explains that a horn broke and he was close to falling. The last three minutes of the video show just how much this climb means to him."This horn could have ended my career... This was the biggest mental …
Will Bosi repeats Return of the Sleepwalker (9A)
William Bosi has made the second ascent of Daniel Woods’ Return of the Sleepwalker (9A) in Black Velvet Canyon, after projecting it for 12 sessions. This was th…